to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
premature death; untimely death; dying young
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
editor (in publishing, etc.)
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to care for someone; to look after someone
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
interference; meddling; butting in
to lend an ear to; to listen to
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
interference; intervention; meddling
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
rationalization; justification
solitude; loneliness; isolation
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
subjective symptoms; patient's complaints
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
sick person; patient; invalid
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking